Descript |
1 online resource (vi, 496 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Content |
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Media |
electronic |
Carrier |
online resource cr |
Edition |
Hong Kong University Press edition. |
Note |
"First published in 1997 by Associated University Presses, Inc."--Title page verso |
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"With a new introduction by Frederic D. Grant, Jr."--Cover |
Contents |
Introduction to the republication of the golden ghetto -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The golden ghetto -- Old Canton and its trade -- American business under the old system -- Opium transforms the Canton system -- The residents and their firms -- The dominant firms -- The other houses -- The China trader -- Cushing's treaty -- The creation of an official policy -- The mission to China -- Retrospection -- Epilogue : the legacy of old Canton -- List of abbreviations -- Appendix 1. Wade-Giles-Pinyin equivalents -- Appendix 2. Statistics and the American trade -- Appendix 3. A note on the silver trade -- Appendix 4. Known partners of American firms at Canton, 1803-44 -- Appendix 5. Commercial family alliances -- Appendix 6. Robert Bennet Forbes's correspondence with Warren Delano, 1879 -- Appendix 7. A note on sources. |
ISBN |
9789888313327 (electronic bk.) |
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9888313320 (electronic bk.) |
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9789888139095 |
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